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’I’m crying just remembering it!’: readers on Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s goodbye gig

On Saturday night the Brummie rockers bade farewell to a stunning career, and Guardian readers were united in awe and respect

I’ve seen them a handful of times before, including their one-off show at the O2 Academy, but as a Brummie and a metal fan, it felt like a pilgrimage I just had to take. I’ll never see the likes of Anthrax, Pantera, Slayer, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica and Sabbath on the same stage again, so to have all these great bands coming together for a day to celebrate the originators of the whole thing was simply brilliant. I’ve seen several “last time ever” tours, but this really does feel like the end of an era – rock’s poster boy for wild excess bows out with a few tears, still looking slightly bemused that he’s managed to make a spectacular career by just doing the first thing that comes into his head.

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